Hours later Mana found herself standing in front of a lake surrounded by a deep green forest. A large man stood next to her, his gaze focused on the lake.
"Why am I here?" Mana asked as she turned slightly to the man
"I'm surprised you don't remember what was here…maybe you really have forgotten more than what they say," the man replied.
Mana fully turned to the man confused, as far as she knew she had never been to England before as this was her first time out of her country.
"At least…what's left of it…this is where everything started..." He continued.
"What do you mean?" Mana asked.
"This is where Illuminati summoned that spirit…in the belly of the mansion that once stood here,"
"What? Here in England? I have never been to England…and if I did come to England I would have remembered. Besides…the Illuminati originated from Italy correct? Why would they do that here in England Mr. Jensen?" Mana asked.
"Axis is fine. To get that answer why don't you go speak to your little friend Milo," Axis replied.
"Do not associate me with a man that is after my life," Mana replied coldly.
"The girl has bark, but does she have bite?" Axis chuckled.
"I cam here on a note of information gathering not to fight," Mana replied firmly.
"You work for Hellsing, do I need to talk shit about Wingates to provoke you?" Axis asked clearly attempting to aggravate her.
"If you wish to lose a few limbs, please do," Mana replied simply.
Axis smirked as he finally looked at Mana and crossed his arms.
"I don't fight just for the fun of it…besides I'm too old. I've been alive longer than I should have…what year is it now? 2000? I can't even remember that," Axis sighed.
"…How long have you been…alive?" Mana asked hesitantly.
"…Hmm…as long as Hellsing's toy, Alucard I suppose," Axis replied.
"He's been alive…since Alucard came into existence?" Mana thought to herself.
"That would make me…569 years old," Axis replied.
"eeh?!" Mana said shocked as she looked at the man. He looked no older than late thirties, but his age was unbelievable.
"Knights of Seth are granted something similar to immortality when remaining loyal to Seth himself. I can't remember all of the finer details…but we spend our immortality protecting the order and Seth himself. I am the oldest with in the order," Axis said as he looked over to the lake again.
Mana studied the man again, he was abnormally tall, bulky, blonde hair, green eyes, and tanned skin. His thick wool coat was draped over his shoulder exposing his arms and from what she could see he had scars over scars on his forearms.
"Like I said before this lake wasn't here years ago…the belly of the mansion that once stood here is where everything started. It covered for the dark ritual the lured the soul here. Souls are sent to purgatory before they are sent to Heaven and Hell…from the aura around you…the soul is very old…" Axis trailed off as he looked at Mana from head to toe.
"An old soul?" Mana asked ignoring the strange look that Axis gave her when their eyes met for a split second.
"Not all souls are sent to there respectful places…there is a balance between Heaven and Hell…" Axis trailed off.
"Like I said…that soul is very old…and corrupted," Axis finished.
"What do you mean by corrupted?" Mana asked as the feeling of trepidation began to tingle through her body.
"You do not know what corrupted means? Where are you from again?" Axis asked.
"This is not the time to play games," Mana replied firmly. Axis glanced at Mana again before turning his attention back to the lake.
"I cannot tell you exactly…but something is not right…maybe it was a demon instead that they summoned…no way to be sure," Axis muttered.
"Excuse me—" Mana started.
"No one knows what is inside of you. So you are on your own when it comes to this," Axis replied.
Mana sighed quietly as she crossed her arms underneath her wool cloak as the started thinking about the soul, or maybe demon inside of her.
"It would make sense…if it was a demon…" Mana thought to herself as she remembered the warping of the voice that spoke to her.
"Does the name Raphael have a significant meaning to it?" Mana asked.
"Raphael…in terms of religious studies…Raphael is…was a high angel—" Axis started and suddenly stopped. He turned around causing Mana to turn around as well. A man stood a several feet behind them clapping.
"What a terrific religious history lesson! I was almost put to sleep by it," the unknown man said with a smile.
"An Illuminati friend Mana?" Axis asked jokingly.
"I do not associate myself with their kind," Mana replied bitterly.
"Oh, lady…that hurt. I'm offended,"
"I supposed that's good that you could tell that he smells like a mangy mutt," Axis chuckled.
"He's a werewolf?" Mana thought to herself as Axis' statement clicked in her head.
"You may look young and act all tough, but you're nothing but a dried up piece of shit," the person replied.
"You talk a lot of shit for an artificial werewolf…were you just born? Need me to show you how to respect your elders you little shit," Axis laughed.
"Whoever you are you can tell Milo to come get me himself and to stop sending his lackeys," Mana spoke up. Axis glanced at Mana as did the unknown person.
"The name is Tristan Romanov…and you can tell Milo to fuck off in person when I take you to him. That twist fuck probably will get off on shit like that," Tristan replied.
"She said to get lost." Axis said bluntly.
"I'm not talking to you, besides she doesn't have a choice," Tristan replied.
"What?" Mana said surprised.
"Sorry. We have a democracy in England. She has a choice and she chose not to go with you so get lost," Axis said.
"Ah, more reasons to pull your tongue out. I was planning on being nice…but you're both starting to piss me off," Tristan said as he growled.
"Oh a battle," Axis laughed and stepped forward. Mana stepped in front of him.
"Oh the girl does have bite…let's see how much it hurts," Axis commented.
"Look…I don't want to hurt you so…just be a good girl and come willingly ya?" Tristan said as he held out his hand for her. Mana took another step forward and giggled.
"Enzo was it? I showed him now good of girl I was…do you want me to do the same to you? He lost his limbs in the process though! Perhaps I was too good?" Mana smiled.
"Enzo was weak. I'm pretty sure I'll break your pretty face…although I'm sure Milo will hate me for it…" Tristan replied and crossed his arms.
Tristan was considerably larger and taller than Enzo, from what Mana could tell his muscles stretched his shirt when he crossed his arms. Hand to hand seemed out of the picture, but not wanting to draw the attention of Dimitri and Cain with gunfire, hand to hand was her only option.
"We will see about that," Mana's irises changed from their normal cobalt blue to crimson red.
She pushed open her heavy wool cloak and charged full speed at the bulkier man. Tristan smirked as he saw the pink ceramic blades slide from underneath her shirtsleeves. She swung her arms in a cross horizontal strike, Tristan dodged her blades and roundhouse kicked, on instinct Mana ducked to the ground and back flipped. Tristan slid back dodging her powerful legs and punched. Mana quickly sidestepped and aimed for Tristan's open side, Tristan quickly brought down his elbow connecting with her forearm. Mana felt something break and quickly jumped back avoiding Tristan's fist.
"Oh? What's wrong? Did something break?" Tristan mocked. Mana looked at the man stoically as she lifted her left arm and began to unbutton her sleeve. Her pink ceramic blade fell to the ground along with pieces of the device that held it together.
"Awww I broke your toy…" Tristan smirked.
"Temporarily," Mana simply replied as she shook her arm. The thought of her arm breaking crossed her mind, but she knew that there was the protector of her blade over her arm.
"Are we gonna play more? That gave me a rush," Tristan laughed.
"mochiron…" Mana said deeply and charged at him once again.
Tristan roundhouse kicked, Mana once again ducked underneath his leg and avoided his other kicked before sliding into an upper cut with her lone ceramic blade. Tristan leaned back and grabbed her forearm; he quickly threw her to the ground. The wind was knocked from Mana, as she laid in the snow breathless for a split second, Tristan's foot hovered over her face. Quickly regaining her senses Mana maneuvered and double floor swept Tristan causing the bulkier man to lose his footing in the snow. Mana quickly rolled back and stood, breathing heavily.
"Is that all girl?" Mana heard Axis say behind her.
"Uruse!" Mana hissed.
"Oh that sounded angry…are you sure you're not mad that I broke your toy…or…you realized that you can't beat me?" Tristan asked as he stood up brushing the snow from his clothes. Tristan grinned, his canines elongated.
"watashi ga dekiru…nani suru no…" Mana thought to herself.
You are going to die if you keep this up child…
"N-Nani-?!" Mana said shocked as she realized that Tristan was charging at her.
"You're too slow!" Tristan shouted and punched. Instantly her reflexes took over as she flipped backwards and charged at Tristan before he was able to attack again. She swung her single blade only to have it be caught by Tristan. Mana narrowed her red colored eyes as he held on to her ceramic blade.
"This is pretty handy…well when you have two of course…with one it doesn't really do much. So it would be nice if you stopped playing around," Tristan growled his canines showing again.
Without warning Mana high kicked causing the man's head to snap back, he slowly looked at the girl with a small grin.
"You kick pretty high…nice," Tristan commented.
"Thanks," Mana said as she yanked her blade back, slicing his hand open as she jumped a few feet from him.
"Alright…you caught me." Mana started as she looked at the blood on her blade.
"I do need to mention that you did have the advantage…but now I do,"
"You're cute…but stupid," Tristan said as he shook the blood from his hand and took a step forward only to stumble.
"Woah…what?" Tristan mumbled to himself.
"Oh…I see what you did there," Axis commented. He had watched the entire fight between the two and instantly realized what her plan was.
"The Mitsurugi special. Poisons…." Mana started.
"You poisoned me?!" Tristan shouted confused.
"Please show me how well you can do…sorede ii onna o misetemorau~" Mana purred as a devilish smirk appeared on her lips.
"Clever…but sneaky…poisoned blades…" Axis said as he watched Mana's onslaught of the poisoned stumbling man.
Axis crossed his arms as he began to think back to the time where he first encountered Mana, 12 years ago.
"She's different than before…is it really her or has the seal weakened so much that is has started to take root in her soul?" Axis thought to himself. Tristan had transformed into his werewolf form and continued to attack Mana, as she easily dodged the man's sluggish attacks.
"That was stupid…he's just speeding up the spread of the poison," Axis grimaced. His eyes narrowed as he watched Mana flip over the werewolf's swing of his large arm, and with one slice his forearm dropped into the white snow coloring it red.
"Was that her intention to make herself seem weak and lure them into her poisonous traps?" Axis thought as he watched Tristan fall to his knees howling in pain.
"Uruse~" Mana said firmly as she kicked the back of Tristan's head causing him to fall forward.
"Hmm…interesting," Axis said as he approached the woman that savagely kicked the paralyzed man.
"Doushitan no? eh?! Eh?! Tsukareta?! Eh?! Awww yowaii akachan…" Mana hissed as she continued to savagely kick Tristan in his stomach.
"F-fuck y-you," Tristan sputtered out as blood ran down his jaw, he had turned back into a human.
"Oh! You can still talk! I thought I may have broken you! That's wonderful!" Mana replied gleefully and dealt one last kick to his ribs. A sickening crack echoed through Axis' ears as he stood behind Mana, his eyes narrowed at the girl. Instantly he knew something was wrong.
"Ok! Now question time. Where is Milo?" Mana asked as she looked down at Tristan.
"You… really think… I would tell you?" Tristan panted.
"Well…you would not die as fast," Mana replied simply, her voice cheery.
"So much viciousness Mana…" Axis commented. Mana looked over her shoulder blasé in what the man that stood behind her. She glanced him over and then back to Tristan on the ground.
"Where is he?" Mana asked again, her voice lacked the cheeriness it had before.
"Che…" Tristan sputtered.
Mana pulled a pistol from the back of her cloak and pointed it at Tristan.
"You…think…that's going…to—uhn…scare me?" Tristan winced.
"The gun itself…no…but the bullet inside it the delicious prize," Mana replied as she spun the gun around her finger.
"The soul has taken root in her," Axis thought to himself as he listened to the way she spoke.
"Let us see what Mitsurugi special we have today~ oh! It's orange! It is another venom…it is your lucky day Tristan!" Mana said as she checked her gun's magazine.
"Mana kill him already," Axis spoke up. He knew that she was prolonging his death and the more she stayed like this the soul would grow stronger.
Mana suddenly spun around and pointed the gun at Axis, her expression twisted crazily.
"I do not know how this affects immortals…but we can find out if you like," Mana hissed.
"Mana…" Axis warned.
He was right, the soul was gaining more power and was taking hold of her personality and behavior. Mana turned her attention to the gasping man as his throat was closing.
"You are here so that means that he is in England…Well you will see him shortly in hell." Mana said quietly.
"In the name of god, all impure souls shall be sent to damnation. Amen," Mana chanted as she pointed the gun at his head and fired.
A/N: Before I say anything I want to remind you that Hellsing has religious aspects in it and I am indifferent to all of it. I do research on all my info. that I put in chapters, so if you don't agree with it please keep those comments to yourself. Thanks!
Chapter 21! I feel like this is a long chapter! Maybe it is? Maybe not? You tell me!
On a information gathering mission Mana spoke to the eldest in the Knights of Seth, Axis Jensen. She also received a little information about the soul inside of her. Is it actually a soul or is a demon? Mana was close to finding out info but then Tristan Romanov showed up disturbing her mission. What's Mana to do? Kick his ass of course, but so savagely? She was like a completely different person, is this really Mana or is it the soul? Her last statement is kinda ironic no?
Uruse: Shut up ( very vulgar)
mochiron: Of course
watashi ga dekiru…nani suru no: I can do this, what am I doing
sorede ii onna o misetemorau: ...and then I will show you (how) good (of a) girl I am
Doushitan no: What's wrong?
Tsukareta: Tired?
Yowaii akachan: Weak baby